BMW powered by poo
Bavarian car-maker's South African plant switches on to cow-manure powerWhile another German car-maker is deeply mired in an emissions crisis, BMW is switching on its South African assembly plant to take advantage of a different set of emissions.
It’s about to be partly powered by poo. While the Rosslyn plant already gets 51 per cent of its power from renewable energy, it’s now agreed to by 4.4 megaWatts of power from a nearby biogas plant.
Based near Pretoria, the factory has signed a deal with Bio2Watt that will deliver up to 30 per cent of its electricity requirements when it ramps up to full capacity.
BMW has signed a 10-year deal with the company, which is fueled by the manure from the 30,000 cattle that surround it, along with other organic waste.
The South African BMW plant produces more than 60,000 right-hand drive 3 Series sedans models a year for both local and export sales.
The Rosslyn factory, which opened in 1973 and now employs about 2900 workers, celebrated production of its one-millionth 3 Series in February this year (pictured).
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